David Lee

Six Mavericks scored in double figures in Dallas' highest scoring game of the season. The Mavericks won for just the second time in their last seven games.

Jahlil Okafor scored a career-high 31 points for Philadelphia, which has lost eight of nine. Okafor's total was not only his highest as a pro, but one more than his high total during his one-and-done national championship season at Duke last year.

After playing three consecutive overtime games, the Mavericks were able to relax a bit in the fourth quarter. Dallas grabbed...

CLEVELAND (AP) — The lead in the NBA Finals belongs to Cleveland, though some momentum may be with the Warriors.
So LeBron James celebrated the victory but fretted the finish after Golden State finally looked like the NBA's best team in a...

By Dave Del Grande, The Sports XchangeOAKLAND, Calif. — Shooting guard Klay Thompson scored 11 of his 14 points in the first quarter, and the Golden State Warriors built a double-digit lead within eight minutes en route to a 126-86 demolition of the...

Heading into the second week of Wimbledon, the tournament has rounded into a tale of mastery versus mystery.
The remaining men include the familiar foursome of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Andy Murray. Someone from that group has...

Without formally interviewing anyone else, the Phoenix Suns retained Earl Watson as their head coach for next season.
Watson was named interim coach after Jeff Hornacek was fired on Feb. 1.
The team went 9-24 under Watson, finishing the season with...

The Detroit Pistons rescinded a three-player, three-team trade with the Houston Rockets and Philadelphia 76ers on Monday, saying not all the players involved were cleared medically.
Pistons General Manager Jeff Bower announced the decision but did not...

Just what the rest of the league didn't especially need or want to see from the free-flowing, floor-spacing, MVP-winning, defending champion Warriors on the eve of training camp ... They're adding Steve Nash, of course. Not as a player, mind...

Broderick Turner rates the 30 teams and where they stand, after offseason moves, with comments.
1.CLEVELAND: "I'm the best player in the world," LeBron James said at the NBA Finals. Can't argue that. Kyrie Irving, Kevin Love will help.
2. GOLDEN...

Rather than force David Lee to play spot minutes in a diminished role again next season with the Warriors, Golden State has traded the veteran power forward to the Boston Celtics.
In exchange, the Warriors will receive veteran forward Gerald Wallace,...

NBA free agency began in Los Angeles at 9:01 p.m. on Tuesday. The Lakers have agreed to terms with exactly zero free agents.
The team met twice with forward LaMarcus Aldridge, who announced on Saturday that he'll join the San Antonio Spurs.
Marc...

The Lakers' main free-agent target, LaMarcus Aldridge, agreed to contract terms with the San Antonio Spurs, in another off-season in which the Lakers failed to corral the players they wanted.
It's become familiar now, the Lakers pitching to high-end...

Apparently, Kyrie Irving isn't needed either.
The Cleveland Cavaliers keep losing All-Stars but keep winning the most important games in their 45-year history, unveiling a 96-91 victory Tuesday over the Golden State Warriors in Game 3 of the NBA Finals....

LeBron James came home last summer to win a championship — one like no other.
He's two wins away.
Pushed by a crowd howling to see Cleveland's 51-year title drought end, James scored 40 points, his new sidekick Matthew Dellavedova added 20 and the...

It would be a wonderful story if the Golden State Warriors deliver the franchise its first title in 40 years.
But outside the Bay Area, that long-awaited championship will ring hollow now and come with an asterisk.
LeBron James already was missing Kevin...

Anything could happen in the stockpiled, stockpiled West.
Clippers Coach Doc Rivers likes to say that four very good teams will be disappointed after losing in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs, but the sunny-side-up news is that six...

Spare room was hard to find on the naughty list this past year, so much of it being taken up by Clippers and Golden State Warriors.
The names of Blake Griffin and Warriors counterpart Draymond Green were the first to appear, on Christmas Day 2013....

(in predicted order of finish)
1. Spurs
2013-14: 62-20.
Coming: Kyle Anderson.
Going: No one of significance.
Despite all of their sustained success, the Spurs have never won back-to-back titles. In fact they never had reached the NBA Finals in...

Move over, Carmelo. NBA free agency just got a lot more interesting.
LeBron James has informed the Miami Heat he will opt out of the final two years of his contract, the team confirmed Tuesday. This places the NBA's best player into the open market on...

OAKLAND, Calif. — Dwight Howard has admired Wilt Chamberlain for years.
The Orlando Magic superstar watches old film of Chamberlain’s game. Howard reads books about him. Howard even has spoken with some of Wilt the Stilt’s former teammates.
On...